Grinderman
Updated 7-11-08
Nick Cave kicks out with Grinderman - Roskilde, Denmark
GRINDERMAN - ‘Honeybee’
King Alfred Ballroom, Hove. 2nd July 2008
This is Grinderman’s rehearsal space, near Nick’s house in Hove. Last week, the band invited the locals to attend and a lucky 270 or so people got in. What I’m including is the only live footage I’ve seen - total pandemonium.
(Thx to fabcab01)
GRINDERMAN - ARCHIVES
In case you’ve been living in a CAVE (I crack myself up sometimes!), Grinderman is Nick’s latest musical group project, featuring Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey, and Jim Sclavunos (all Bad Seed band members).
Grinderman’s self-titled CD is doing phenomenally well and they have been touring this past spring and into the summer, just completing a brief American tour at the end of July. Since the new band is enjoying a massive surge of popularity, many fans are wondering whether The Bad Seeds will be reinvented after the musical juggernaut of Grinderman.
Not to worry. By all accounts, The Bad Seeds are far from over. Nick has reportedly been writing songs for a new Bad Seeds CD, which was to begin recording sometime in summer 2007. (Updates on this project are pending, as of August 2007.) Further, it’s worth noting Nick’s claims, in early interviews about the Grinderman project, that “it is an important record” which he expects will heavily influence the future sound of the Bad Seeds. Harder, with more of Nick on guitar, perhaps? Brilliant!
Musings on Grinderman:
Thanks to the many fans who uploaded photos from the short and intense Grinderman American tour dates at the end of July 2007. You can see a few, along with links, at my Grinderman concert photos post.
To read other stuff I’ve written about Grinderman, use the pull-down ‘TOPICS” menu on the sidebar, where you’ll find archives categorized under “Music” with sub-categories for “Grinderman” and “Nick Cave”.
Meanwhile — ENJOY YOUR GRINDERMAN FIXES!
Cheers, Morgan
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Added 10-20-07
No Pussy Blues - (LIVE at The Forum, in Melbourne, October 13, 2007)
Here are photos from Nick’s solo appearance at The Forum, Melbourne, 10-13-07
Added 9-3-07
“Honey Bee (Let’s Fly to Mars)” - LIVE on David Letterman (July 2007)
“Red Right Hand” (Grinderman LIVE, The Metro, Chicago, July 2007) (poor quality but it’s great to get a glimpse of Grinderman doing a Bad Seeds staple)
Again, poor quality on the next pair, but…
“Go Tell The Women” (Grinderman LIVE, Kentish Town Forum, June 20th 2007)
“Mr. Ray” (Grinderman and Suicide LIVE) Kentish Town Forum, June 20th 2007)
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Added 8-26-07:
“Depth Charge Ethel”
(Grinderman: ‘Treacle Sessions’ - recorded in May 2007)
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Grinderman: LIVE IN CHICAGO, The Metro, July 25, 2007
“Depth Charge Ethel” (Grinderman, Live London Radio Session)
“No Pussy Blues” - Grinderman, live on Jools Holland, May 2007
“Honey Bee Let’s Fly to Mars)” - Grinderman, live, May 2007
“Electric Alice” - Grinderman, promotional video
“Grinderman” - Grinderman, promotional video, title song from CD
“No Pussy Blues” - Grinderman video, 2006.
Grinderman LIVE Here is an early clip of Nick’s latest musical project, in concert (get ready - no pussyfooting around with this bunch ;))
A-V and Print INTERVIEWS:
Plan B Magazine, Issue #19, March 2007 (UK)
Cover Caption: “Grinderman: nick cave’s league of extraordinary gentlemen” (I don’t think the article is available online, but you can back order this issue here.)
Nick Cave’s Grinderman: The Daily Grind
By A. D. Amorosi
HARP Magazine (May 2007 Issue)
Grinderman Interview, The Culture Show (UK) (2/07)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpDOiTYwAqc
Recently, Salon.com’s music critic David Marchese conducted an informative interview session about Nick’s latest musical project, Grinderman, in Conversations with Nick Cave (April 12th, 2007).
*Download the MP3 file of the Salon interview between Marchese, Nick, and Jim S. (It is about 45 minutes of raw dialogue, and pure gold, for it places a LOT of context into Salon’s final print version.)
Nick Cave and Jim Sclavunos on WNYC - Souncheck (July 27, 2007) [See this post for more.]
Visit the source:
Grinderman.com: Give yourself plenty of time to click around here. Really cool web design. Tons of stuff to see/do.
